Season’s Greetings JETs! (Whoa it feels odd to say that) I saw the Christmas trees go up in my local department store on November 1st and then my body tensed up and my head started shaking as I realized BUM BUM BUM… the Christmas carols are coming! I know anyone who has worked in retail…
Surely it cannot be summer again! Where did the past year go? The last time I sat down to write a PR piece for the Hyogo Times I had just officially begun my duties as a member of the AJET National Council. As many of you know I have held the positions of Block 6…
1. When in doubt the phrase “because Japan†comes in handy. Why did a giant cream puff with Himeji Castle on its head just rollerblade past me in the middle of the city singing Katy Perry’s “I Kissed a Girl?â€â€¦ because Japan. 2. Try everything…think Yes Man. That means food, sports and whatever…
I cannot believe it is August and we are welcoming all the new JETs already! I hope that you are all surviving the humid and hot weather and settling into your new homes. I remember this time last year I was sitting in my empty apartment with nothing more than a fold-up chair and about…